Wish us well ! We have just lodged a submission for the next round of Small Business Awards for the East Kimberley. We were short-listed the last time, so hoping to win the Micro-Business category this time around. The Awards Dinner is on Friday 14th September, an outdoor event at Lakeside Resort, Kununurra. We will have a table of 8 with Rod (our Principal Sculptor), 'Wanderin Willie', Sculptor and Painter, Dave and Carol (Grounds, Cafe and Gallery) and Bruce and Dianne, Owners, in attendance.

Aksel Kolstad, internationally acclaimed virtuoso pianist, composer and stand-up comedian from Norway, wooed the sell out audience at Zebra Rock Gallery on 29th May 2012. Playing his own interpretations of the classical masters, Grieg, Rachmaninov and Bach, (seeProgrambelow) he entertained with good humor and superb technique.

After playing for the "adults" he put on aChildren's Concertthe next day where he played the part of Mozart and entertained 150 students at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School at the Leisure Centre in Kununurra.

When I was in Melbourne recently, I visited the Royal Society of Victoria and there in the member's Reading Room was a copy of a recent publication from the Royal Society of Western Australia entitled:

Symposium on Kimberley Marine and Coastal Science

This 420 page scientific treatise is the Proceedings of a joint RSWA/WAMSI Symposium held in May 2011 and covers topics as wide as heritage, geology, landscapes, beach and barrier systems, coastal vegetation, fish and marine ecosystems, ecology and conservation issues.

This is uncanny.I logged on to the computer on
Tuesday night to post a photo ofCadburyour kelpie dog who had just gone to heaven
after dogging me for 18 years, and was met by this email from Backroom Press Inc, a small publishing
company in Broome announcing the release of a new book abouttwo Kimberley Kelpies,Sid and Skipper, who go
mustering and face a dramatic challenge.

I placed an order for 20 copies and they are proving popular.

If
you would like me to reserve you a copy or two for gifts for the New Year, [

Bruce returned from Broome last month where he visited Johan Pas, naturalist and shell collector. As a result we have 9 new shells on display including a famed "Broome Blue" cowrie. The other 8 shells are Conus (cone shells).

On Sunday evening, 25 September, from 5:00pm, Nkandu
Beltz, Freelance Journalist/Newswriter, Kununurra, is holding the next in her series ofCultural Nightsat Zebra Rock Gallery. You are encouraged to bring a plate of
food to share representing your own culture. We
will be fundraising throughout the evening, whilst sharing our meals and culture
with each other. We are calling upon local businesses to help us with
this cause by donating whatever they can to auction or raffle during the
evening.

On Sunday evening, 25 September, from 5:00pm, Nkandu
Beltz, Freelance Journalist/Newswriter, Kununurra, is holding the next in her series ofCultural Nightsat Zebra Rock Gallery. You are encouraged to bring a plate of
food to share representing your own culture. We
will be fundraising throughout the evening, whilst sharing our meals and culture
with each other. We are calling upon local businesses to help us with
this cause by donating whatever they can to auction or raffle during the
evening.